daily art
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A little clay fun this morning
I stopped by the clay studio this morning to squeeze a little pottery into my packed day. I got some doilies on Amazon prime day and used one to make some lacy slabs. I was pretty productive, but very immersed… Continue reading
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In the dark
I had a very creatively productive morning and afternoon. I will not be sharing that with you just yet as it’s a surprise for a friend who reads this blog every day. So I had planned on working on another… Continue reading
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Inspired by yesterday
So as promised is yesterday’s post, I painted a picture inspired by one of the flower photographs I took yesterday at the Ford House Paint-out. The thistle really grabbed my attention, but I decided to use it as an inspiration,… Continue reading
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Paint-Out at the Ford House
Today started off rainy, but fortunately the weather cleared up for the afternoon and we were able to enjoy the paint-out at the Edsel and Elenor Ford Estate. I got some great photos from the gardens and along the trail… Continue reading
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Stormy Horizon
Today we took advantage of the beautiful weather and went for a boat ride on Lake St Clair. We were just discussing how fast the weather conditions can change on LSC, when nature decided to give us an example. On… Continue reading
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Painting from a memory
Sometimes I like to paint from a photo without looking at the actual picture, but rather my memory of the experience. Today’s painting is one of these exercises. As the majority of my family is up north right now I… Continue reading
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Self-portrait practice
When I gathered my supplies together for tonight’s painting, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. I was thinking maybe a mixed media piece- probably abstract. But once I had the paper in front of me I decided I’d… Continue reading
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Daydreaming on alternate realities
I may have mentioned before that I’ve been working on an idea for a tv series where there is travel to different parallel worlds. I was imagining what the computer screens might look like in a time where there was… Continue reading
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No Straight Lines
My husband was teasing me about my recent artwork having a lot of straight lines, geometric shapes and sharp angles, so I decided to make something without any of those at all. As I started off making the first squiggly… Continue reading
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Under a Red Sun
Today I had a question about the type of ink I used in my last painting and it got me thinking whether a ol’ ball point pen would work under watercolor. I happened to have my red editing pen handy… Continue reading
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